Artist Monograph

Nathan Oliveira, American

American, 1928–2010

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	16	84.2%
Watercolor	2	10.5%
Oil Painting	1	5.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	18	94.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	5.3%

Classification Types

Print — 17
Painting — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	94.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5.3%

Range: 41.2 cm → 175.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	2
1964	1
1969	16

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
LISA Print Acc. 74.1959	1957	Lithograph, printed in black	Sheet 36 1/2 x 25" (92.6 x 63.5 cm) Comp. 32 x 23 3/4" (81.2 x 60.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ingram Merrill Foundation Fund
Standing Man with Stick Painting Acc. 609.1959	1959	Oil on canvas	69 1/4 x 60 5/8" (175.9 x 154 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn
Head of a Man Drawing Acc. 511.1964	1960	Watercolor and pencil on paper	25 1/4 x 19 7/8" (65.5 x 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Samuel I. Rosenman
Black Christ I Print Acc. 1267.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 1/4" (76.3 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Black Christ II Print Acc. 1266.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 × 22 3/16" (76.2 × 56.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Georgia O'Keeffe Print Acc. 1270.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 20 1/8 × 20 1/16" (51.1 × 50.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Head and Blue Print Acc. 1271.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 28 5/16 × 22 3/16" (71.9 × 56.3 cm); sheet: 28 9/16 × 22 3/16" (72.6 × 56.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Homage to Carrière Print Acc. 1265.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 5/16" (76.3 × 56.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Man Animal Print Acc. 1272.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/8 × 22 5/16" (76.5 × 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
November 22, 1963 Print Acc. 1269.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 5/16 × 18 1/8" (56.7 × 46.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Red Chief Print Acc. 1268.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition (slightly irreg.): 16 1/4 × 12 1/16" (41.2 × 30.6 cm); sheet: 18 3/8 × 14" (46.6 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Head and Shape I Print Acc. 1345.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 26 15/16 × 22 5/16" (68.5 × 56.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Spanish Woman Print Acc. 1343.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 19 1/8 × 14 1/8" (48.5 × 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Variation on a Head I Print Acc. 1347.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 1/2 × 20 9/16" (49.6 × 52.2 cm); sheet: 24 15/16 × 22 5/16" (63.4 × 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Variation on a Head II Print Acc. 1348.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 1/8 × 20 1/4" (48.5 × 51.4 cm); sheet: 24 15/16 × 21 15/16" (63.4 × 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Variation on a Head III Print Acc. 1349.1967	1964	Lithograph with watercolor additions	composition (irreg.): 19 3/16 × 20 3/8" (48.7 × 51.8 cm); sheet: 25 × 22 5/16" (63.5 × 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Variation on a Head IV Print Acc. 1350.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 3/16 × 20 5/16" (48.7 × 51.6 cm); sheet: 25 1/16 × 22 3/16" (63.7 × 56.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
White Faced Owl I Print Acc. 1346.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 25 1/4 × 22 3/8" (64.2 × 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
White Lady Print Acc. 1344.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 3/4 × 22 3/16" (75.6 × 56.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.